Smart Search Plugin for Joomla 3.x
By Mike DiSabatino on Saturday, 04 January 2014
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I use Smart Search for the great user benefits on my Joomla 3.x site at http://www.sharpcpa.com
I tried the Smart Search Plugin, but it is stated as Joomla 2.5 only
The results did not include EasyBlog?

Is there any planned update to the plugin?

It would be greatly appreciated
Hello Mike,

I am really sorry for the delay of this reply as it is a weekend for us here.
I have tried in my local Joomla 3.2.1 using the smart search module + EasyBlog smart search plugin, the result is come out included blog entry.
You can follow my instruction below :
Step 1 : GOTO > backend > Module manager > Click "NEW" > Select "Smart Search Module" > set "published" and select "which page you want it to show"
Step 2 : Download the "EasyBlog smart search plugin" from this side ( http://stackideas.com/downloads/plugins/easyblog )
Step 3 : Install it and enable that "EasyBlog smart search plugin"
Step 4 : GOTO > backend > Component > Smart search > Click "Index"
Step5 : Completed.
If this instruction is not help much here, ss it possible for you to provide us with the Joomla back end and FTP access to your site to check on this issue? Please advise.
Arlex Wong
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Saturday, 04 January 2014 21:21
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Thanks! Although I was sure I did all the steps previously... maybe my cache wasn't cleared? But I followed your instructions and Viola... It is working perfectly! Thank YOU!
Mike DiSabatino
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Sunday, 05 January 2014 08:31
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Hello Mike,

Hmm, That's strange
You're welcome, glad to heard your issues resolved.
Arlex Wong
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Sunday, 05 January 2014 11:21
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Hi Alex,

I followed the steps as outlined above, creating the module I called Easyblog Smart Search and ran the indexer. I'm finding that it isn't loading any of the blog posts. I selected no pages, as I don't want to create two search boxes; if someone searches on this site, they should do so from site search only, but the Easyblog content should be included in the results. I typed in the search term Linamar. It should show up two results, one in from the website content and the other in Easyblog. It's only showing the website content, not the Easyblog post.

Thanks,

Norman
Norman Smit
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Monday, 06 January 2014 05:30
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Norman - If this might help... here is what my Smart Search Option Area looks like and after indexing the articles/blogs need to be checked to be included (the default).
Also be sure to clear all cache! I think that was an issue for me.
Mike DiSabatino
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Monday, 06 January 2014 05:51
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Hi Mike, thanks for the trouble. Our settings all appear identical. But the indexer doesn't appear to be indexing the Easyblog content. I scrolled through the indexed titles to find a few blog titles, but they weren't listed. I have another support ticket open about some php errors that appeared after the site update to Joomla 3, so those may be causing the lack of indexing.
Norman Smit
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Monday, 06 January 2014 06:22
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We are running Joomla 3.2 and have found no errors, just as an FYI.

Be sure you installed the "EasyBlog smart search plugin." found here smart search plugin-link to download - re-index and clear cache.

Those are my only thoughts... good luck.
Mike DiSabatino
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Monday, 06 January 2014 07:45
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That's what I installed; reindexed and cleared the cache. Stackideas will need to take a look.
Norman Smit
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Monday, 06 January 2014 08:46
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Hello Norman Smit,

Mike, thanks for sharing
I'm sorry that late reply of this post,
When i run the index, the easyblog blog post result was shown out, see my screenshot : http://screencast.com/t/DaTz1asZ | http://screencast.com/t/wM5FrdphJ (when i search "A" from your search engine)
it work fine now. Please have a check
Arlex Wong
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Monday, 06 January 2014 10:35
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Hi Arlex,

It seems to be finding the results now. I wonder if this is a server cache rather than a Joomla cache issue?
Thanks for the help.

Norman
Norman Smit
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Monday, 06 January 2014 13:27
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Hello Norman Smit,

Hmm, what i did for you just now is run the index from backend > component > Smart Search, then the blog post result come out.
You're welcome, glad to heard your issues resolved.
Arlex Wong
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Monday, 06 January 2014 13:34
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